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Mercedes to rely on software to avoid closed pitlane blunder
Mercedes says it will rely on software in the future to prevent in the future the closed pitlane blunder that undermined Lewis Hamilton's Italian Grand Prix. Following the deployment of a safety car at Monza to protect the retrieval near the pit entry of Kevin Magnussen's parked Haas, Hamilton pitted for a tyre change but entered the pitlane after it had been closed. The race leader had obviously missed the warning signals on the side of the track but more importantly, his Mercedes team had also failed to inform him on a timely basis of race control's decision which was taken 11 seconds after the safety car was sent out. The mistake compelled the stewards to hand a 10-second stop-and-go...
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